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Loud noise-No CEL or other dash lights

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Priuszero4, Dec 29, 2019.

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    My 04 Prius has a loud screaming noise coming from the engine bay when I start it up and when I shut it down. I have no CEL light or other warning lights like ABS. No symptoms like brake loss or anything, it drives completely normal and this noise has been going on for about 10 months now. I took it to my two local Toyota’s and they did a full inspection and couldn’t find anything. My heater and AC work fine, I know what the ABS pump sounds like and this is different. Very loud and makes heads turn LOL. Does not happen every single time, but it’s like 90% of the time when I go to turn it on it’ll scream for like 5 seconds then the engine will start up, when I push the button to turn it off it’ll wait 2 seconds then it’ll scream for 5-10 seconds. I’m going to attach a video and hopefully someone out there knows what this is, thank you!
     
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    perhaps a bad pump? hard to believe two dealers couldn't find anything
     
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    Which pump? And wouldn’t I get any lights on the dash? & I know, not sure if they half a$$’d the inspection or what but I have paperwork to prove it.
     
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    Based upon the timing of the sound, I would say the cause is the engine coolant heat recovery system pump making excessive noise.
     
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    So not the storage tank pump? Would you happen to have the part number or link, I couldn’t find anything on google that says coolant heat recovery system pump, thank you!
     
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    The CHRS pump is aka storage tank pump. If no DTC was logged then there is no need for you to take any action if you can live with the noise.
     
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    Thank you! The noise is pretty annoying but I can live with it for now, thanks again for your help, I had no clue what to look for.